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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/21/06
Greenville College Welcomes Dr. Wayne McCown as a part of the Mannoia Lectureship Series
McCowen to Speak on Christian Higher Education
GREENVILLE
, ILL. Dr. Wayne McCown, vice president and dean at Northeastern
Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College, will present the 2006 V. James
Mannoia and Florence Mannoia Lectures in Christian Higher Education and
World Missions. On Monday, February 27, the public is invited to attend
Dr. McCown's chapel address “This is My Story, This is My Song,” at
9:30 a.m. in the Greenville College Music Center. A lecture will follow
at 3:30 p.m. in Snyder 104 entitled, “Wesleyan View of Christian Higher
Education.”
Dr. McCown holds three graduate
degrees in ministry/theology and is an ordained member of the clergy.
He has 15 years of college-level teaching experience, including ten
years as a seminary dean. Dr. McCown continues an active involvement in
various ministries as well as scholarly publication. He also served as
general editor for a Wesleyan edition of a Zondervan NIV Study Bible.
It
was to Christian higher education that Rev. Dr. V. James Mannoia and
his wife Florence Eva Mannoia, parents of Greenville College President
Jim Mannoia, dedicated a substantial portion of their half-century of
shared ministry. Jim and Florence Mannoia valued the twin values of
educated mind and warm heart and it is in their honor that this
lectureship has been endowed.
Greenville College
is a four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than
1300 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion
students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist
Church, the college is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east
of St.Louis.
CONTACT:
Christy Grimes (
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Assistant Director of Public Relations
Greenville College
(618) 664-6515
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